Crossing Russia and China Border Town: Blagoveshchensk to He
Humiliated in China’s Shady Russian Border Town

What happens when you cross Russia and China You get this place Today we are crossing from internet restricted Russia into open world of communist China We are exploring the town of Blagoveshchensk in deepest Siberia the last town in Russia before leaving Russia and crossing the frozen river over to Heihe China Heihe is a town built almost purely for trade relations with Russia its residents speak Russian and its entire economy is based on money changing hands across the border This border region is one of the strangest most interesting on Earth where two massive and vastly different superpowers butt up against one another

















